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stoical Definition

stoi·cal (stōi kəl)

adjective

  1. showing austere indifference to joy, grief, pleasure, or pain; calm and unflinching under suffering, bad fortune, etc.
  2. Stoic

Etymology: ME: see Stoic & -al

stoical Related Forms
stoi·cally adverb
stoical Synonyms

stoical

modif.

impassive, enduring, unmoved; see indifferent 1.

stoical Usage Examples

Preposition: about

  • pain: Cats and Dogs are often very stoical about dental pain.

Preposition: in

  • face: Ch.11 ( p.130 ): Helen is stoical in the face of her mother's death.

Modifies a noun

  • shrug: Or have we actually become conformed to our culture, accepted its view of time with a stoical shrug?
  • fortitude: No doubt they will show the stoical fortitude that is the hallmark of their state and carry on eating.
  • silence: A performance which achieves, in its stoical silence, more than many an hour of classical fretting of a Gielgud or Olivier.
  • people: I loved Ethiopia, its beautiful countryside and brave, stoical people.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: I hope he has years rather than months left, but he's being very stoical about the whole thing.
  • quite: Mother Grimes is sad about her son, but admits he was a bad lot, and quite stoical about seeing herself home.
  • remarkably: Many people are prepared to tolerate pain following surgery and some, particularly the elderly, can be remarkably stoical.
  • so: Even aristocracy, I think, was not quite so stoical in the days when it was really strong.

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: But his bona fide coccyx moment came a little later on, although he remained stoical in his agony.

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